us. you said drunk you'd come in and you did. for that, we love you. give it up for j.r. jr. right there. josh henderson on "dallas." good morning. it is thursday. taking a live look outside on this january 31st, last day of the month getting ready to start february, flying through the beginning of this year. things were flying around last night toorks a little rainy and windy. >> oh, yeah. i'm sarah simmons. -- last night too, a little rainy and windy. >> i'm wisdom martin. >> our temperatures will cool down and the wind pick up big time. we have a wind advisory again

today for most of the area here as winds gust up to about 50 here behind the system. we'll start with the radar. you can see we've still got a little line of rain showers moving quickly through the district and points to the north. pushing new northern bridge county and that is the last of the shower activity but it is very mustery out there. you get the sense the wind are going to start picking up and they are as mentioned. we are expecting winds to gust to about 50 around here. once way get this last the piece of rain around here, we should clear out. temperatures right now in the 50s and even near 60 here in town. the temperatures will be falling a little later as the winds pick up actually whole different air mass moving in after a couple of days of spring-like temperatures. we'll start to feel cooler today. we have a couple of snowflakes in the forecast for later tonight and early tomorrow morning. we'll talk about that as well. real quick, you can see that the rain showers are moving to

the east and again, we are watching things wind down. a little over an inch of rain at reagan national. lots more details in a minute. back to you guys at the desk. the same storm system moving through our area produced this tornado in north georgia. officials say it was on the ground for two miles. at least one body has been found in the storm damage. a hostage situation where a little boy is being held by a man in alabama continues today. s.w.a.t. team have taken up positions around the gunman's property and negotiations are yoko ono going with the suspect. police plan to update the public on the situation later on this morning. back locally, problems on the green line have been resolved. issues began during the evening rush hour yesterday with trains

single tracking between the navy yard and southern avenue stations due to an electrical problem near the anacostia stop. the problem had many passengers scared after they saw smoke from a small fire produced by the problem. about 2,000 people were stranded for several hours. it is an american idol shake-up as several golden ticket winners go to hollywood. >> we have a report. >> reporter: it was all miles and happy feet for some talented and lucky idol contestants in long beach and san antonio. >> this is my happiness right here. can you tell i'm happy? >> can you tell i'm happy? >> 8396. this is dim mine. >> i got all four yess from every judge. >> reporter: those not getting a unanimous vote were motivated

to prove they belonged. >> i got three yess and one no. >> not all four but they did for her. she is killer. >> i got the split vote. >> nicki minaj, there was something wrong. but she said no. she didn't make eye contact with me at all. >> reporter: preparing for next week's grueling hollywood round is easier said than done. >> we've already been in front of the judges and they're critiquing us. >> i have to keep my focus on my own self because when you hear all these good singers, you get distracted and air like they're better than me and you get distracted easily. >> i have to work on waking up early getting out of bed doing

my thing. ♪ people, get ready. there's a train acoming. >> reporter: william la jeunesse, fox news. >> always some characters in there. >> never a dull moment on idol. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. arts now. good morning. it is 4:30 on this thursday, january 31st. taking a look outside right now t has quieted down quite a bit. it was rainy and windy overnight. we'll check in with tucker to see how things are shaping up for the rest of the day. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. it sounded like i was trapnated monsoon last night. >> yeah, about 8:00, things got kind of crazy. earlier, we had all kinds of flood warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings, a tornado watch. >> we saw the one in georgia. that was all part of the same system. >> things are winding down at least as fars athe rain.

we will see the winds pick up again. today, they will be out of the west. so another wind advisory us for today. >> we are getten beaten by every direction. >> definitely an active pattern the last uple of days. we'll start with a look at our current temperatures. still very mild out there. i was expecting it to be a little cooler. we are still enjoying the warm temperatures. run out your door right now. these will not last. it will be noticeably cooler as we get into the morning hours. looking at the satellite-radar, we are watching things gradually wind down here and let's start with the wind advisory. this is in effect until 6:00 tonight. winds can gust up to 45 to 50 miles per hour. that includes the district here. definitely, if you have avenue got any loose objects, trash cans, that kind of thing, make sure scherr secure because winds are going to pick up again this afternoon. there is our front. you can see the heaviest of the

rain has exited to the east. very heavy rain in new york and boston. lots of travel delays up there early this morning. we are looking at improving conditions. we should see sunshine this afternoon and falling temperatures. right now, wear 60. we'll be back in the 40s by late afternoon. windy conditions setting in with temperatures falling into the mid-40s and generally dry here today. so at least it will look right when you look out the window. >> it is really odd when we start out warmer than we'll end the day. 45 later on. >> i'm expecting to see my trash cans all tossed around. >> you might. >> not good at all. time now to check in with julie wright. >> it is very windy. i'm having mic problems, tucker. it broke. yes, it is very windy. we have a couple of things

going on. this is georgia avenue. this is like held over from monday afternoon. this is the water main break. two right lanes are closed. only the left lane is able to get through. if it is trash day in the neighborhood, it will be all over the neighborhood so be careful. hunker that down if you can. northbound 95 coming northbound out of newington, be careful headed up towards the beltway. let's continue with our maps. we have some problems here. porter street shut down between connecticut avenue and beach drive because of a tree down. with the tree came the wires. and also some trouble along beach drive because of the flooding. the shut down between cedar lane and franklin street according to park police. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. plenty of wild weather across the u.s. clean-up has

only just begun in parts of the southeast. a tornado touched down in georgia. one person was killed and a number of buildings were destroyed and vehicles overturned. torrential rains and high wind also ripped through tennessee knocking down trees and power lines. one man was killed there when a tree crashed on top of a shed. in the midwest, after a brief warm-up, old man winter made his return. snow fell in iowa, nebraska, wisconsin and michigan. some places got up to several inches. a big change from earlier in the week when temperatures were in the 60s. kind of like we've been having here. developing in alabama where a 6-year-old boy is still being held hostage. >> it has been nearly two days since the man reportedly boarded the boy's school bus, shot and killed the driver and kidnapped the boy. the two are now locked up in a bunker. we have a report. >> reporter: a gunman, still inside an underground bunker at his home with a 6-year-old hostage but law enforcement officers say the little boy is believed to be safe. >> i can assure you that the

negotiators continue to communicate with the suspect. at this time, we have no reason to believe that the child has been harmed. >> reporter: the standoff began after the man shot and killed a school bus driver and kidnapped the child in midland city, alabama on tuesday afternoon. authorities are not releasing the suspect's name but neighbors identifying him as jimmy lee dikes, a 65-year-old retired truck driver. some of the neighbors say he once beat a dog to death with a lead pipe and patrolled his yard at night with a shotgun. he was scheduled to appear in court this morning to answer charges he shot at neighbors in a dispute over a speed bump. >> he was called the mean man. everybody knew -- i tried to get several of the neighbors, one who has since moved away, i tried to get them to take action with me but they didn't want to get involved. >> reporter: a neighbor also

says the man knew the school bus driver. the victim reportedly dropped off some food for the suspect on monday as a thank you for some repair work. it is not clear if dikes has made any demands from his bunker to authorities. in midland city, alabama, elizabeth prann, fox news. a community meeting is being held in loudoun county in the wake of a series of burglaries. it starts the 7:00 tonight at banneker elementary school in middleburg. there have been more than a dozen break-ins since october. cash, jewelry and electronics have been stolen. detectives will give an update and offer some prevention measures. police are trying to track down the suspect involve in a stabbing on a metrobus. this happened last night on h and 11th street northeast. police arrived to find a man stabbed twice in the chest. he is in serious condition at a

local hospital. still no word on what prompted that attack. the firefighter injured in yesterday's early morning crash on the beltway continues to recover in a baltimore hospital this morning. lute ryan emmons' right arm was severed but doctors were able it reattach it. three other firefighters were also injured but have since been released. still ahead, an innocent bystander gunned down i'm teen who perform at last week's inauguration is now part of the debate over gun violence. >> the first hearing on that particular issue plays out on capitol hill. a message from former representative gabrielle giffords coming up after the break.   -- a teen who performed at last week's inauguration is now part of the debate over gun violence.  [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents are awesome.

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>> the head of the nra says adding more school security and mental health resources will help curb gun violence. a chicago teenager who performed at president obama's inaugural festivities here in washington was shot and killed near her school. it happened tuesday afternoon in park city. she was with a group of friend standing under an awning to get out of the rain. a gunman ran down the alley, opened fire randomly and took off in a car. >> i just miss her. i'm not worried about where she is going. my heart -- there is a whole section of my heart that is gone. >> they took the light of my life. this guy, whoever it was, the gunman or whatever, i mean, man, you took the light of my life. >> pendleton was a majorette

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i wasn't insinuating that you were born during that time. >> i like that song. >> i remember it in a remake. but that is a whole other story. >> i bet dolly parton was involved. >> could be. >> yeah, why not? >> what's fun. >> a big night of weather last night. the whole system is pushing off it the east. things are looking brighter today although it will be very windy. >> and cold? >> cooler. and cold tomorrow. let's get to the numbers and start with the very impressive rain across the region particularly just out to the west of washington where we had a pretty good swath of a couple of inches of rain set up. this is not snow even though it says that on the upper left- hand corner. my apologies. 1.14inches at reagan national. dulles, 2.31. bwi marshall, 1.62 inches of rain. we picked up the entire month?

just a couple hours time last month. here are your temperatures. they are cooling off. 55 now in washington. we've fallen five degrees in the past hour. 55 in leonardtown. still, these temperatures rather mild for late january, particularly this time of day. 47 right now in martinsburg. 46 in hagerstown. i have officially our afternoon high temperature in the mid- 40s. so you can see we'll be falling from here as the wind kind of work in from the north and west. we should see cooler and cooler air working in. this will be the big story today. we do have a wind advisory in effect until 6:00 tonight. 38 in washington. two hands on the steering wheel. 43 in martinsburg. 23 in leonardtown. we could see winds gust up to about 50 later today. loose objects, definitely want to get a handle on those. new york and boston. then, in its wake, the lake effect snow machine kicking in

here. we should see generally clear skies here today but very windy. later tonight, another little piece of energy and a reenforcing cold front will slide in that. could bring us some snow showers early tomorrow morning. we might get light accumulations. maybe enough to coat the ground. 47 this afternoon. winds out of the west gusting to 50. becoming sunny, very windy and cooler than yesterday. 30 tonight, increasing clouds. late snow showers a possibility towards day break. winds will start to lighten up late and there is your accu- weather seven-day forecast. do a few more snow showers saturday night and early sunday. there you go, we get into february with temperatures close to where they should be in the mid- to upper 40s. that is weather. let's do some traffic and get the latest from julie wright. >> you are right. both hands on the steering wheel. my trip coming in along 270 out of gaithersburg, right at that point of the lane divide, you're right the wind is just gusting. you are a like whoa, hold on to the steering wheel. there is a portion of porter

street shut down between connecticut avenue and beach drive. the flooding is causing problems along clopper road at first field. only the left lane is able to get by o woodfield road, shut down each way at churchill downs. this is all due to flooding. outer loop of the beltway at river road, traffic rolling freely. you will find your lanes are open if you are continuing on the northbound side of georgia avenue. southbound between aspen hill road and hewitt. that is where we have the water main break. stay to the left to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. service on the green line is back to normal finally after a messy rush hour commute. the green line experienced power problems causing several delays and leaving people stranded. some passengers even walking through a tunnel to get out. karen gray houston has the story. >> reporter: d.c.'s fire trucks and ambulances converged on the

anacostia and navy yard stations in the middle of the evening rush hour. there was smoke in the tunnel. metro called firefighters. power was cut to two trains that. left a lot of riders stuck. >> and the next thing we know, the train conductor got over the airways stating that it was a fire on one of the tracks and metro is speedily working to get it together. >> tamara phelps was traveling with her two young children. >> we were on there. women started passing out. somebody had an asthma attack. >> reporter: passengers were sitting in hot, dark trains not getting much direction, they say. until one rider took matters into his own hands. >> i hit the emergency exit button and that opened up. that was the center door. that is the emergency exit. i proceeded to walk down the tunnel. >> a horde of upset metrorail riders followed him out. there is a track that is

dangerous, the third rail or something. >> the walkway on the left-hand side, they tell everybody to use that side. the hot rail is on the right- hand side. it was very safe. no issues at all walking down the tunnel. >> reporter: the metro spokesman says the problem was an arcing insulator that is part of the third rail. he says it started smoking. when emergency responders arrived, one of them took down power on both sides of the insulator instead of only one side. he says that took out power to two trains in the tunnel. metro says the worst thing passengers could have done was self-evacuate. the spokesman says they are hooking into that problem and will take steps to ensure something like that doesn't happen again. >> what a day. what a commute for them. coming up next, a story for all you dog lovers out there. what scientists are doing in an attempt to add years to their life. >> and a new study says drinking beer can offer some

potential health benefits. we'll explain. some people will be really excited about that. out that >> you aren't drinking it now, are you, tucker? >> [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents are awesome. but when i cook up some beef, ketchup, relish and cheese, cover it with crescent dough and pow! cheeseburger crescent casserole. double awesome. pillsbury crescents. let the making begin. here's a better idea. pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin.

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back now with a check of this morning's health headlines. the bitter compounds in beer may help make new drugs for diabetes, some types of cancer and other health problems. researchers don't recommend excessive beer consumption for good health but they believe substances derived from hops could have documented health benefits. doesn't mean you can drink all the beer you want. >> don't just drink beer in the morning afternoon, night, don't do that. >> have some self-control. dog lovers will often say the only problem with dogs is that they don't live long enough. now, a colorado university wants to do something about that. >> we have a report on the cape sign health story from denver. >> reporter: sieftsdz at

colorado state university are looking for a few good dogs. -- scientists at colorado state university are looking for a few good dogs. >> this is the most exciting study ever to happen in veterinary medicine. >> reporter: all golden retrievers. >> we'll follow them for their entire lives. >> as soon as we get the lab results, we'll give you a call. >> reporter: the golden retriever is chosen as cancer is extremely prevalent in the breed. it is the number one cause of death in these dogs over the age of two. >> as they age and develop particular diseases, we will collect that data and then be able to go back and associate those things that happened early in their life with the development of disease later in their life. >> reporter: josh messenger is more than happy to be in the study with his pal louie. >> this research that is being done and this study over the next 10, 15 years will benefit the golden retrievers in the

future ando have them in our family. >> reporter: it is hoped the study results could also help identify risk factors of cancer in humans too. that is man's best friend coming through again. coming up, the wizards looking for a win in philly last night without one of their key players. >> here we go again, losing players. plus, the first practice ahead of super bowl and there was some local talent on the feel. sports is coming up next.   -- local talent on the field.  [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents are awesome. but when i cook up some beef, ketchup, relish and cheese, cover it with crescent dough and pow! cheeseburger crescent casserole. double awesome. pillsbury crescents. let the making begin. here's a better idea. pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers

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share your story for a chance to win a progress-oh! makeover in hollywood. go to facebook.com/progresso to enter. the wizards taking on the 76ers last night in philadelphia. wash was competitive in the first quarter. in the second half, they fall to the sixers, dropping to 6-5 since the return of john wall. they were 5-28 without him. next two weeks will be a tough stretch. next up, a trip to memphis tomorrow night. missing from the court last night, bradley beal. he to see a specialist for an

injured right wrist. earlier in the day, he was selected to play in the rising stars challenge over the all- stars break. we asked him about that honor. >> just knowing i'm one of the guys in my class to able to play. i'm going to cherish the moment and honor it. i'm blessed to be in the situation i'm in. i'm just going to have fun. to football now. super bowl xlvii will feature plenty of locally grope talent. the 49ers have four players that played their high school ball in the d.c. area. d.c. are the ravens feature tory smith. yesterday, both teams hit the practice field for the first time this week. baltimore is practicing at tulane while the niners worked out at the saints practice facility. the always intense jim harbaugh weighed in on his team's focus only to later be mocked by his older brother, john. en.